Hey, I think something that would reallllly help is really focusing on powerfully swinging the ball up as you go for a dunk. Especially on one handers, you can start with the ball in both hands and thrust it into the hand you will be dunking with up above your head. If you time this with your jump it can make you jump a lot higher with a ball in your hand, as it gives you some of the power you lose from not having an arm swing.
Thank you very much for the suggestion. I think that makes a ton of sense. My approach and using my arms are things I really have to work on. Thanks again!
I'm 60 and I am working on dunking two handed off two feet, as it has never been done before at this age. For the last year most of my work has been on rehabbing everything in the chain. Now that I am doing it inside on a court, I also think playing around getting wins is the way to go. It is so much more fun (and easier) to dunk a volleyball one handed. I have gone back to woking on just jumping and rehabbing for the last couple months but I dunked a volleyball one hand at 9'11' and two hand dunked a re basketball at 9'7". BTW when I say dunked, I mean no lobbing, and something I can do 20 times in a row without missing. Good Luck. Most guys give up and end up injured
I’m 5’6 at thirteen and I always see ppl dunk. After watching this and two months later from barely touching the net I can grab ten feet easily. Thanks for the motivation. I barely trained with weights and focused on 100m dash and technique.
You deserve more subs. Tip: do some plyometrics they helped me ALOT. In only a month I went from not touching net to getting to the middle of the net. I am only 5’0.
dunking is a plyometric itself so yeah plyometrics can help but it’s better to stay specific to what you want to get better at, while including general strength work since training specifically for a long periods of time may lead to injury. You are doing great and this is really good approach just don’t give up man you got this
Thank you so much! I have been watching RU-vid videos for over a decade before making my first video, so I feel like I had a vision for what I wanted to make, then taught myself Premiere Pro. Lots of googling/RU-vid for help though lol.
Don’t get hurt. You have to learn some techniques about landing first. I was injured from practicing dunk due to bad landing form and consistently jumping without rest. Fortunately, after 8 months recovery and 4 months training, my vertical even getting improved than before. I am 35y and 5’10 only ,I can dunk 9’10 rim finally. by the way my son just 1y, dunk is really not easy for me.😭 Hope you getting better !
Thank you for the advice! My biggest goal is to not get injured (even if it takes longer to get to dunking). Glad you are recovered! I bet it is hard to do while having kids, good for you!
back in my teens i remember my first time dunking on 9ft 6 i was pretty hyped up being only 5ft5 i was on my way to dunking on 10 ft ….after high school my interests changed to djing so all my jump progress as a kid went away .. i never quite dunked on 10 ft but man i came close… enjoy the process
Huge tip my guy: Never slow down when you go to jump. Always speed up. You can practice like 3 steps/ 3 fast steps and explode into the jump but speed up as you jump!!! 💯
That is great advice. I feel like I have been slowing down on my approach, maybe because I am focusing on footwork. But I agree with you, I should try to explode into the jump. Thank you!
As a dunker big tips, Use your arms more like send find your arms up with the ball as you dunk. Also just keep trying, and consider doing plyometiric training. Examples include explosive squatting as when dunking its important to get off the ground as fast as possible. Just work on being explosive and using your upperbody when dunking more.
Awesome, thank you for the tips. I will try to do more explosive work, right now 90% of my training are "slow" reps, but it makes sense to do more things similar to dunking (explosive squatting). Thanks again!
First off, thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! If you are asking how I have come this far in my dunk progress, I am actually working on a video right now where I take you through my week of training. I am excited to share, so be on the look out for that. I think it will better show how I have come this far than I would be able to explain here. Thanks again for watching!
GOOD JOB!! 9.9/10 but only because I was anxiously waiting for your game to be interrupted by a screeching little white dog the entire video. Keep it up Egg Man
I was wondering if you’d be interested in consulting a basketball expert on your physical technique? Maybe the two of you could review your best dunks from the series?
Well, my brother Luke coaches a team, he might be willing to be interviewed. But if we can't get him, we can see if Jordan's doing anything, now that he's retired.@@RyanCS10
I am 5'10'' BUT I have been working out with the goal of dunking for 5 months now. It definitely doesn't happen overnight, but if you trained for it you could do it!
@@RyanCS10 yeah, im also 13 years old and i want to be able to dunk before the summer, im not too sure how feasible that is but i have a 28 inch vert right now and i need about 32-34 to dunk, also for increasing your very you usually want to be doing a pretty long session of just trying to touch as high as you can or dunking on lower rims, most people do it for 1-4 hours per week, as well as mixing some plyos and weightlifitng across the week, though you can spread the jump sessions around the week
